COCOA SHELL MULCH

jazzbyrd · « **on:** May 19, 2008, 21:56 »

Does anyone know whatever happened to cocoa shell mulch? I used it quite alot in my garden a few years ago. Has it been banned ?

Jazzbyrd

fletch · « **Reply #1 on:** May 19, 2008, 22:44 »

I don't think it has been banned as I've just bought 2 bags of it! I've never used it before and I'm not sure about the smell :shock: - like a mixture of chocolate and dog cr@p!!

But it is supposed to deter cats so I thought I'd give it a go

John · « **Reply #2 on:** May 19, 2008, 23:29 »

I used it some years back then the price shot up. I loved the smell though.

Trillium · « **Reply #3 on:** May 20, 2008, 03:37 »

Prices skyrocketed here as well, then we simply couldn't find it. Another problem is that dogs love it, and chocolate is poison to dogs.

jazzbyrd · « **Reply #4 on:** May 20, 2008, 11:59 »

I actually liked the smell ~~ the only thing I didn't like was the white fluffy mould that would grow on it. This did eventually dissappear. It really improved the quality soil

Its a shame I cant seem to find it in my local garden centre!

Jazzbyrd

BillinPA · « **Reply #5 on:** May 20, 2008, 15:31 »

Hello All
Here in Central Pennsylvania, in Hershey PA better know as Chocolate Town USA they didn't used to be able to give away the cocoa shell waste, until someone got the bright idea let make people think it's a mulch. Now with the rising price of raw cocoa they have passed their cost off onto the mulch users.... Seems funny having to pay a high for somone else's waste!! :x If gardeners didn't use it as mulch, they'd have to bury it in a Landfill somwhere!!!! :evil:

gobs · « **Reply #6 on:** May 20, 2008, 16:47 »

Quote from: "fletch"

I don't think it has been banned as I've just bought 2 bags of it! I've never used it before and I'm not sure about the smell :shock: - like a mixture of chocolate and dog cr@p!!

But it is supposed to deter cats so I thought I'd give it a go

Where did you get it from, please, as I used them once, and they were excellent.

Don't know about the cats, since as Trillium says dogs and foxes are attracted to it big way.

Charlwood1005 · « **Reply #7 on:** May 20, 2008, 21:35 »

Cocoa mulch is poisonous to dogs, so use with caution with your canines.

Aunt Sally · « **Reply #8 on:** May 20, 2008, 22:15 »

I wouldn't have thought of that - probably because I don't have a dog :roll:

http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/jun06/060601b.asp

fletch · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2008, 01:15 »

Hi Gobs, I got it from my local garden centre, they didn't have nearly as much of it as bark etc, so maybe it isn't that popular anymore?

gobs · « **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2008, 10:27 »

Thanks, Fletch , not a chain then. Well, keep looking...

lincspoacher · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2008, 23:49 »

Cocoa Shell is still around, but the cost of importing it into the UK makes it uneconomic.

Coir (as its called) comes in highly compressed blocks about 12" x 12" x 18", and you have to leave them out in the rain in a clean concrete bay until they swell up and expand. We had considerable trouble getting them to do this (called 'wetting up' in the business ) recently, which makes it too much of a pitb to mess about with.

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COCOA SHELL MULCH

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